Collection Of Old Tools

Collection Of Old Tools

Here's a little display of old tools that I put together years ago.

General Electric tester manufactured by Burnworth Tester Company.

Brown & Sharpe calipers pat 1907

The L.S. Starrett Co. No. 425

P. Lowentraut calipers

Brown & Sharpe calipers

Vintage "Made in U.S.A." button

Hand drill w/ bit storage in handle

L. S. Starrett Company
The company was founded by businessman and inventor Laroy Sunderland Starrett in 1880. The company patented such items as the sliding combination square, bench vises, and a shoe hook fastener. They make precision steel rules and tapes, calipers, micrometers, and dial indicators, among many other things.

Brown & Sharpe
Brown & Sharpe was founded in 1833 in Providence, Rhode Island by David Brown and his son Joseph R. Brown. The elder Brown retired in 1841, and the younger Brown formed a partnership with Lucian Sharpe in 1853, giving the company its name.

General Electric
General Electric was formed through the 1892 merger of Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York, and Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Lynn, Massachusetts, with the support of Drexel, Morgan & Co. Both plants continue to operate under the GE banner to this day.